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Loading ...It’s true that since long time no international cricket is played there, however most of the world class players still come to practice there and HP cricket association has plans so as to bring international cricket to Chail soon.
Highest cricket ground in the world
By Will 5 years ago, at the start of March Add your comment below
Stumbled across this blog (how else do you find a blog other than stumbling?), claiming Chail is the world’s highest cricket ground at 2144 metres. Leads me to wonder whether Sir Richard Branson and his possy could challenge this and have a game in space!
Anyway, nice picture of Chail below and more info here and (via):
Three km from the village is the world’s highest cricket ground (2,444 metres) built in 1893. (The Maharaja of Patiala had a penchant for cricket and had a vast stretch of land flattened in the Himalayan terrain for cricket.) For many years, the cricket ground merited a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records. Though the record has not been broken, Guinness Book has decided to delete the documentation because no competitive cricket is being conducted there. Today, the local lads use the venue for inter-school matches or the nearby contingent of the Indian military holds its sports meet and march-pasts. The sprawling grounds are well-kept with manicured lawns. Huge trees of deodar and pine surround the playground in a mute standing ovation.
3 Responses to “Highest cricket ground in the world”
February 1st, 2006 at 3.43 pm
March 15th, 2007 at 9.48 am
Wanderers (JHB, South Africa) can’t be too far behind … the altitude on the highveld is around 2000m !!
July 29th, 2009 at 1.33 pm
The cricket ground of Lyceum Alpinum in Zuoz, Switzerland is located at approx 2,000m and Mexico City cricket ground at 2400m , so why is the last one not listed?
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